Programmatically Select item in ComboBox where ValueMember is known

mincefish

Hello, I've got a form that I create to show certain information about a specfied ClientID. I also load a combo box of all the Clients, so that the user can also pick up (and use) information that is currently associated with other clients. When I load the combo box of all Clients, I also want to set the Combo box to show the specified client, for continuity. I can't seem to work out how to do this! A brief overview of how I load the combo box is as follows:

Dim strProc As String = "usp_ClientSubDetails_LoadControls" Dim dsClients As New DataSet Dim drClients As DataRow Dim iRowCtr As Integer = 0 Dim iSelectionVal As Integer = 0 Dim iLoop As Integer ' to find the client in the combo box 'return dataset with client list in it If Not fncConnectSelectDataset(strProc, CommandType.StoredProcedure, dsClients, sysSystemData.SchedulerDb) Then strError = strProc Return False End If 'make sure there's records in the table If dsClients.Tables(0).Rows.Count = 0 Then strError = "No Rows Returned" Return False End If For Each drClients In dsClients.Tables(0).Rows 'DataLoader is a class that has an ID property and a DisplayValue property Me.cboClients.Items.Add(New DataLoader(drClients.Item(0), drClients.Item(1))) Next Me.cboClients.DisplayMember = "DisplayValue" Me.cboClients.ValueMember = "ID"

This gives me a combo box loaded with a bunch of DataLoader objects. By doing CType(cboClients.SelectedItem,DataLoader).ID I can retrieve the ClientID... I just don't know how t

Dinuj Nath

try cboClients.Items.FindByText("TheText").Selected = True Or cboClients.Items.FindByValue("TheValue").Selected = True oops! I think you asked for windows forms. I have answered for asp.net. Sorry. Last modified: 14-June-2006 6:39:52 AM --

mincefish

You're correct, it is Windows Forms. I can do cboClients.FindValue, but I don't have the string!

Dinuj Nath

Can't you use Overloads Public Function FindStringExact(String) As Integer

mincefish

I may well be being incredibly dense, but I don't know the string; I only know the ID of the Client. So I wouldn't have a String to pass the function, right? Thanks for your help so far! Tom

Dinuj Nath

Maybe you could loop through each of the elements in the combobox and set the Item with the client id selected. Something like this...

Pseudocode

for each item in combobox.items if item.value = clientid then item.selected = true end if

mincefish

Thanks Dinuj... Your pseudocode got me there in the end....

        Dim dl As DataLoader

        For Each dl In cboClients.Items
            If dl.ID = ClientID Then
                cboClients.SelectedItem = dl
            End If
        Next

Nice one! Give this man a cigar!! Regards, Tom

Dinuj Nath

mincefish wrote:

Nice one! Give this man a cigar!!

:) Glad to be of your help.